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Chain help

How often is too often to chase for updates on chain status? 

All we know of the chain so far is:

Bottom of chain us 🙋🏼‍♀️ FTB already have mortgage offer and solicitor instructed, contract pack requested. 

Our vendors had offer accepted on their onward property and have instructed solicitor. 

Our vendors vendor has already had offer accepted on their onward property, no one knows if they have an onward chain 🤷🏼‍♀️

Also would you hold off on searches and homebuyers survey until the chain is complete? 
FTB 85% LTV Employed Previous furlough/flexi furlough (no furlough since 9/2020
offered 11/5
best & finals 12/5 (we stuck with our original offer)
Offer accepted 13/5
AIP 17/5
Full application submitted Santander 17/5
Hard Credit check 17/5
Valuation instructed 19/5
valuation completed 25/5
mortgage offer received 25/5 
buildings survey completed 1/6



Comments

  • In exact same position albeit i’d be your vendors vendor. Been two weeks and still awaiting my formal mortgage offer so was holding off until that’s received before I start requesting updates 
  • In exact same position albeit i’d be your vendors vendor. Been two weeks and still awaiting my formal mortgage offer so was holding off until that’s received before I start requesting updates 
    Fingers crossed your mortgage offer is through soon, then you join me in the hassling all parties for a chain update stage 😂

    I don’t think ours is helped by the fact that our vendors vendor is using YOPA so the sales progresser from our vendors EA has no point of contact to chase 🤦🏼‍♀️
    FTB 85% LTV Employed Previous furlough/flexi furlough (no furlough since 9/2020
    offered 11/5
    best & finals 12/5 (we stuck with our original offer)
    Offer accepted 13/5
    AIP 17/5
    Full application submitted Santander 17/5
    Hard Credit check 17/5
    Valuation instructed 19/5
    valuation completed 25/5
    mortgage offer received 25/5 
    buildings survey completed 1/6



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